The annual Craft Brewers Conference wrapped up last weekend in Philadelphia: the roving annual event, hosted by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, is the biggest craft beer trade conference in the nation. This year’s CBC also included the World Beer Cup, a competition held every other year, and numerous Colorado breweries…
The owners of Eddyline Brewery in Buena Vista have opened a new brewery and pizzeria in Nelson, New Zealand. “Molley and I have a vision for the Eddyline brand to grow internationally with individual Eddyline brewpubs serving as gateways to incredible places around the world,” co-founder Mic Heynekamp wrote in…
Wooden barrels look pretty on the outside, but it’s on the inside where the action happens. And it’s those chemical reactions where Zach Nichols has found an attraction. Nichols is in the process of creating Cellar West Artisan Ales, a Boulder brewery that will focus solely on oak barrel-fermented beers…
Laura Lodge needs a beer. A big beer. After several months of stress and of searching for a new location for one of Colorado’s marquis beer festivals, Lodge and her brother, Bill, have found a new home at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center in Breckenridge. That means that…
Joyride Brewing in Edgewater has hired Chris Marchio, formerly of Fiction Beer Company, as its new head brewer. Marchio, who was featured in a recent Westword story about hazy, New England-style IPAs, will be tasked with helping to expand the already large lineup of beers at Joyride. “We are thrilled to…
When Rob Kevwitch opened Grist Brewing in late 2013, he picked Highlands Ranch for one reason: “I grew up here,” he says, and “this neighborhood needed a brewery, dammit. I was so tired of driving to Denver.” But even after two successful years, an expansion and the implementation of rigorous…
Brewery lawn games have taken on a whole new meaning at Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, which recently completed a nine-hole disc golf course outside of its North Dock taproom and production facility. For help in building the nautical-themed course, which has alternate tee boxes for eighteen holes, the brewery…
The history of rail travel in Denver goes back a long way, to the 1860s, when the first trains began pulling into town. But the history of beer goes back even further, to 1859, when thirsty gold miners flooded the area and German brewmeisters followed. The two just seem to…
When Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project got its start in Denver in 2012, the brewery raised money with a members-only Cellar Reserve club: to belong, fans coughed up $300 in exchange for guaranteed access to some of the brewery’s limited-release projects. Although most of the beers were excellent and helped…
Just about every brewery in Colorado makes an IPA, or two, or ten. Most are decent. Many are outstanding. But recently, the definition of what makes a good IPA has gotten a little murky. A couple of events this week, including one tonight at Jake’s Brew Bar in Littleton, will…
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration this year, New Belgium Brewing “is going back to its roots” by teaming up with four breweries from “old” Belgium to make four Lips of Faith collaboration beers — one of which will be released during each quarter of 2016. The beers are…
Coors Field is surrounded by independent craft breweries — there are more than a dozen within a one-mile radius of the ballpark. But inside, the story has been very different. Although Coors Field is home to the only working brewery at a Major League stadium, Blue Moon Brewing at the…
The Brewers Association released its annual list of the top fifty craft brewers in the nation, and Colorado lost a member from the 2014 list: Craftworks, the parent company of Rock Bottom, Old Chicago, Boulder Beer and the Chop House. That leaves only five in-state breweries on the list, but…
The brothers behind Seedstock Brewing had been waiting, and waiting, and waiting — almost an entire year past when they’d originally planned to start pouring beer at 3610 West Colfax Avenue, suffering through a variety of delays related to its gas and power lines. So when UPS delivered their “Open” sign…
Diebolt Brewing is a tiny beer marker in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood. But the company recently faced a billion-dollar conundrum: fight a trademark battle over the name of one of its best beers, The Commodore, or acquiesce to the requests of another brewery that makes a beer with the same name…
March is stats month for the Boulder-based Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group representing thousands of craft breweries nationwide. So far, the organization has released several interesting numbers (a more comprehensive look will arrive soon). For starters, the number of operating breweries in the United States grew 15 percent in…
“I don’t wish this on anyone. I don’t wish it on my worst enemy. It very nearly destroyed us, but we are coming back stronger than we ever were.” Those are the words of River North Brewery founder Matthew Hess, who was forced to close his doors last fall after…
When Corey Marshall opens his second brewery on the fifth floor of the new Westin Hotel at Denver International Airport – possibly before the end of this year – the spot will hold two unusual distinctions: it will be one of the only breweries in the country located on an…
The bigger a craft brewery gets, the more it usually tries to streamline its operations — brewing and packaging beers in a uniform manner that keeps things simple. But not Epic Brewing, which was founded in Salt Lake City and operates its major production facility in Denver. The company has…
One of Colorado’s most-loved, least-known beer festivals is in trouble this year after losing its longtime home and will probably need major financial support in order to continue. The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival was founded by brother-and-sister team of Laura and Bill Lodge in Vail in 2001, and…
Paul Vismara has a lot of talents. He’s the co-author of Italy: Beer Country The Story of Italian Craft Beer, an expert beer slinger at Falling Rock Tap House and an artist: Vismara painted the beer logo murals that grace Falling Rock. And at 1 p.m., on Saturday, March 26, he’ll…
There were at least 85 different beers served Saturday at Collaboration Fest — so sadly, there was no way I could get to them all. But I did try quite a few, and they were almost all good. Really good. In fact, one of the common themes I kept hearing from…
